I was honored this week to be awarded Adjutant General Confirmation -- This week the Senate unanimously confirmed gubernatorial appointment Major General R. Van McCarty as the next Adjutant General to replace Major General Robert E. Livingston, Jr. Third Reading and Sent to the House S.35 – REACH Act: A bill to enact the “Reinforcing College Education on America’s Constitutional Heritage Act” or “Reach Act,” by reaffirming that all public institutions of higher learning must

Judicial Selections -- This week the Senate and House met in Joint Assembly for the election of judicial candidates, College and University Trustees and a seat to the Public Service Commission. James E. Nicholson Jr was elected to the position on the Board of Visitors for the Citadel, at-large; R. McLaurin Burch was elected to the position on the Board of Trustees for the College of Charleston, 5th Congressional District, Seat 10; Catherine M. Patterson and J. Tracy Power wer

Third Reading and Sent to the House S.16 -- Emergency Prescription Refills: A bill to extend the amount of a prescription refill supply from a ten (10) day period to a fourteen (14) day supply. In the event that a pharmacist is unable to dispense an emergency refill for the time period due to the medication’s packaging, the pharmacist is permitted to dispense up to a thirty-day (30) quantity. As amended, the dispensing pharmacist must notify the prescriber of the refill, and